Floodwater Retarding Structure

Photograph of floodwter retarding structure, site #16, Rock Creek Watershed. Picture series on cutting trench for drawdown pipe construction. Clyde Pratt, inspector of the Soil Conservation Services, crawling through the pipe.
Date: August 14, 1961
Creator: Milton, Willis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of the J. R. Simmons ranch. Plot # 5. The field was seeded to a pure stand of native sideoats grama harvested from the ranch. OK-1286-10.
Date: March 14, 1961
Creator: Whittington, Fred
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of the J. R. Simmons ranch. Plot # 4. A six-acre field planted to a mixture of native grass on the Red Shale site. Grass was seeded on March 24, 1959. Seed furnished by the Plant Material Center. The mixture for this plot was: Little bluestem, blue grama, sand bluestem, Illinois bundleflower, Caddo Switchgrass and native sideoats grama. OK-1286-9.
Date: March 14, 1961
Creator: Whittington, Fred
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Loyes Cook

Photograph of Loyes Cook fertilizing lovegrass.
Date: March 14, 1961
Creator: Leonard, Claude M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of the J. R. Simmons ranch. A six acre field of native grass seeded on the Red Shale site, Clinton, Oklahoma, on March 24, 1959. The mixture was plant material seed consisting of Little bluestem, Blue grama, Sand bluestem, Illinois bundleflower, Caddo Switchgrass and Coronado sideoats grama. OK-1286-11.
Date: March 14, 1961
Creator: Whittington, Fred
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of the J. R. Simmons ranch. Plot # 3. Six acre field planted to a native grass mixture on Red Shale site on March 24, 1959. Plant material seed was used. The Mixture was as follows: Little bluestem, Blue grama, Sand bluestem, Illinois bundleflower, Vaughn sideoats grama and Caddo Switchgrass. OK-1286-8.
Date: March 14, 1961
Creator: Whittington, Fred
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of the J. R. Simmons ranch. Plot # 1 on a six-acre field seeded on March 24, 1959. Red Shale site. Seed furnished by the Plant Material Center. Mixture was as follows: Little bluestem, blue grama, sand bluestem, Illinois bundleflower, Blackwell Switchgrass and El Reno Sideoats grama. OK-1286-12.
Date: March 14, 1961
Creator: Whittington, Fred
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Native Grass Planting

Photograph of native grass planting.
Date: September 14, 1961
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History